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The Taliban and Florida's War on America

This Al-Jazeera article means to say that several Pakistanis in Pakistan and the state of Florida have been charged by federal authorities with supporting the Taliban, but if you read it superficially, as I did, you find another way of saying that the former Confederate state of Florida has once more turned on the union, this time siding with the Taliban–because I suppose Florida also hates our freedom:

US authorities have charged six people in Pakistan and the southeastern US state of Florida with helping to finance and support the Pakistani Taliban.

Video from "How Star Wars Explains the Arab World"

Forget the massive copyright violations.  The following is a short excerpt from my April 28, 2011, lecture at Wesleyan University, "Is Muammar Qaddafi Darth Vader: How Star Wars Explains the Arab World."  The selected segment focuses on two slides, "Egypt's Millennium Falcon," and "The Phantom Menace (of Islam)."  Enjoy -- and contact me if you'd like to bring this informative and fun lecture to your community:

 

Haroon Moghul Lecture from EidFilms on Vimeo.

"Our Better Angels" -- Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Leaders on Trauma, Mourning, and Healing

The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and Union Theological Seminary announce Our Better Angels, three public forums that will be held at St. Paul’s Chapel of Trinity Church, Wall Street (209 Broadway at Fulton), and are intended to change the tenor of public conversation about the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

Each forum will feature dynamic interactions between Jewish, Christian, and Muslim leaders on the resources to deal with trauma, mourning, and healing in their traditions, followed by a meditative musical offering by world-class musicians.

Monday, May 30, 6:30 p.m. : Tragedy in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Traditions; Musical offering Triptych by Robert Sirota, played by the Chiara String Quartet

Monday June 6, 6:30 p.m. : Mourning in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Traditions; Musical offering of works by J. S. Bach, played by pianist Simone Dinnerstein

Monday June 13, 6:30 p.m.: Healing in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Traditions; Musical offering of J. S. Bach, played by cellist Frederick Zlotkin and harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper.

Tickets are free, but limited. 

For more information, email OurBetterAngels911@gmail.com  or call (917) 310-4923.